Liposomes in cancer therapy: how did we start and where are we now

MD Fulton, W Najahi-Missaoui - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since their first discovery in the 1960s by Alec Bangham, liposomes have been shown to be
effective drug delivery systems for treating various cancers. Several liposome-based …

Immunological and toxicological considerations for the design of liposomes

CT Inglut, AJ Sorrin, T Kuruppu, S Vig, J Cicalo… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Liposomes hold great potential as gene and drug delivery vehicles due to their
biocompatibility and modular properties, coupled with the major advantage of attenuating …

Getting across the cell membrane: an overview for small molecules, peptides, and proteins

NJ Yang, MJ Hinner - Site-Specific Protein Labeling: Methods and …, 2015 - Springer
The ability to efficiently access cytosolic proteins is desired in both biological research and
medicine. However, targeting intracellular proteins is often challenging, because to reach …

Biomaterial-assisted biotherapy: A brief review of biomaterials used in drug delivery, vaccine development, gene therapy, and stem cell therapy

X Han, A Alu, H Liu, Y Shi, X Wei, L Cai, Y Wei - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Biotherapy has recently become a hotspot research topic with encouraging prospects in
various fields due to a wide range of treatments applications, as demonstrated in preclinical …

Molecular dynamics simulations of membrane permeability

RM Venable, A Kramer, RW Pastor - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
This Review illustrates the evaluation of permeability of lipid membranes from molecular
dynamics (MD) simulation primarily using water and oxygen as examples. Membrane …

State‐of‐the‐art design and rapid‐mixing production techniques of lipid nanoparticles for nucleic acid delivery

MJW Evers, JA Kulkarni, R van der Meel… - Small …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are currently the most clinically advanced nonviral carriers for the
delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA). Free siRNA molecules suffer from unfavorable …

Cholesterol and the cell membrane

PL Yeagle - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 1985 - Elsevier
Philip L. Yeagle Page 1 Biochimica et BiophysicaActa 822 (1985) 267-287 267 Elsevier
BBA85280 Cholesterol and the cell membrane Philip L. Yeagle Department of Biochemistry …

Novel applications of liposomes

DD Lasic - Trends in biotechnology, 1998 - cell.com
Opinions of the usefulness of liposomes in various biotechnological applications range from
unsubstantiated optimism to undeserved pessimism. This article reviews the background …

Liposomal drug delivery systems: an update review

A Samad, Y Sultana, M Aqil - Current drug delivery, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
The discovery of liposome or lipid vesicle emerged from self forming enclosed lipid bi-layer
upon hydration; liposome drug delivery systems have played a significant role in formulation …

Intrinsic membrane permeability to small molecules

C Hannesschlaeger, A Horner, P Pohl - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Spontaneous solute and solvent permeation through membranes is of vital importance to
human life, be it gas exchange in red blood cells, metabolite excretion, drug/toxin uptake, or …